The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
5:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3012
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 320.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.54° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.97° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.